[Legal Insurrection] The Intelsat 33e satellite, which was launched in 2016 and provides communications across Europe, Asia and Africa, experienced "an anomaly" on Saturday, Intelsat said in a news release. Attempts were made to work with Boeing and repair the satellite, but on Monday, the U.S. Space Force confirmed that the satellite had exploded.
And ROSCOSMOS was right on top of the story
Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said it had recorded "more than 80 fragments" of the destroyed satellite. Analysis of the pieces’ trajectory determined that the destruction of the satellite was "instantaneous and high-energy," Roscosmos said.
But does anyone remember:
Space Force Boss Says One Of Russia’s Killer Satellites Fired A Projectile In Orbit: A very recent test involved small orbital "inspectors" that had previously been observed shadowing an American spy satellite.
(JUL 23, 2020)